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Product Listing Ads & PPC Interplay

Alex Dao of Datapop.com investigates the rise in PLAs recently and how they are interplaying with the PPC landscape.

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Facebook Ads: The Brilliant Ones Make It Look Easy

Whether it’s ballroom dancing, sports, movies, or advertising, genius make it look easy. And what’s so freaking cool about this Facebook ad, is that it really does fall into that category.   Take a look and see for yourself:   …

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Worlds Colliding: Mobile Browsing Seriously Impacts Brick and Mortar Shopping

Google just released a serious bit of research about mobile browsing. What else is new, right? Except this hunk-a-burin’ insight is strictly focused on mobile-meets-retail shopping habits, and their findings have the power to deliver legitimate value for your mobile …

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Using Excel Solver To Set Daily Budgets: Part 2

Earlier in the week we posted on how to use Excel Solver to set your daily campaign budgets. For those of you who wanted to see the whole process in action we put together a video to clarify how to …

Chasing Tail

Chasing the Long Tail: How Long Should Your Keywords Be?

A great long tail keyword is one of the prized possessions in PPC. If you’ve found an awesome keyword that no one else is using, you can make a lot profit in running unopposed. But there’s a question I’ve always wondered: just how long should you let your keywords get?

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How To Use Excel Solver To Optimize Your Campaign Budgets

One of the problems I had been having this month came down to the issue of optimally efficient budget allocation. For some of you out there, this won’t be something you’ll ever have to worry about, but for a couple …

PPC Students

Won’t Someone Please Think of the Children?

Pat East, Hanapin Marketing’s CEO, teaches a summer workshop at Indiana University that covers all aspects of Internet marketing. A core module of this course is pay per click. In fact, a major component of the grade is the application …

Pay Per Click Ads that Bite

5 Reasons Your PPC Ads Bite

A big mistake most PPC newbs and vets make is that they don’t take their ad copy seriously. It’s sometimes an afterthought after building out an account or at worst it’s a copy and paste job from one campaign/ad group …

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10 Ways You Can Increase Your Click-Through Rate TODAY – New Webinar!

The best account managers know that effective PPC is all about strategy. Long-term data, ad testing, and copy refreshes take time and thoughtful examination. But here’s a secret: There are more than a few things you can do RIGHT NOW …

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Evaluating Your Keywords With The CPL Matrix

Here at the PPC Hero Headquarters, we do a lot of talking about metrics. How to measure, what to measure, how often to measure, and then of course what in the world to do with all that data. Today’s question …